PETRIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PETRIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PETRIFY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PETRIFY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PETRIFY
No single letter turns PETRIFY into another word.
How PETRIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PETRIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does PETRIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To turn organic matter into stone, or to frighten someone so badly that they cannot move.
Wood will petrify slowly when minerals replace its tissue over millions of years, giving petrified forests. In everyday speech the word is about fear, as when a loud noise petrifies a child.
How PETRIFY is used
Petrify has a literal geological sense and a common figurative sense about being paralysed by fright.
- Minerals in the water will petrify the buried log over time.
- The thought of speaking in public used to petrify her.
- The sudden growl in the dark was enough to petrify us.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PETRIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PETRIFY
1 longer words begin with PETRIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in PETRIFY
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Common questions about PETRIFY
- Is PETRIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETRIFY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PETRIFY worth?
- PETRIFY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PETRIFY mean?
- To turn organic matter into stone, or to frighten someone so badly that they cannot move.
- What letters can be added to PETRIFY?
- No single letter can be added to PETRIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PETRIFY:
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